论文信息 - A new record and a redescription of Polypedilum pruina Freeman (Diptera: Chironomidae) with a key to Indian species associated with rice fields.

A new record and a redescription of Polypedilum pruina Freeman (Diptera: Chironomidae) with a key to Indian species associated with rice fields.

Polypedilum pruina Freeman is recorded for the first time from the rice paddy area of India and redescribed in light of modern taxonomic usages. A new dichotomous key to rice field species of genus Polypedilum Kieffer is also presented.

S. Chattopadhyay

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